Joseph Matthew Kerwin
On the New York attorney register since 2022 · office in New York, NY
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 5982087
- Admitted
- 2022 · First Department
- Status
- Due to re‑register
- Next registration
- Sep 2026
Joseph Matthew Kerwin is due to re‑register on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2022 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Sep 2026. Since Jul 3, 2026 it has moved only through the routine two-year cycle.
What this status means on the register
On the register, “Due to re‑register” means the attorney has a biennial registration falling due or overdue: the rule asks for it within 30 days after the attorney’s birthday in each alternate year, and the record gives the month it is due. The value stays until the register records the filing or marks the registration delinquent, so the month can have passed; by itself it is not a finding.
- Due to re‑register unchanged
- Currently registered to Due to re‑register the routine two-year cycle: the registration window opened
- Currently registered the first file we hold
Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; the Jul 3, 2026 and Aug 6, 2026 files for the history.
Others who list this employer on the register
The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US LLP”. We count that spelling with A&O Shearman, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
585 other attorneys list A&O Shearman or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 430 of them were admitted before 2022, and 350 of the 586 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2022, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Astrid Achard | 2022 | Currently registered |
| Majd Atalla | 2022 | Currently registered |
| Stavros Bakolas | 2022 | Currently registered |
| Yolanda Kaa Borquaye | 2022 | Due to re‑register |
| Jared Miles Brover | 2022 | Due to re‑register |
Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; employer spellings merged (methodology).
Where this record sits on the register
Joseph Matthew Kerwin studied at Georgetown University Law Center. 2,114 of its 11,562 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2020s, as Joseph Matthew Kerwin was.
- Same law school
- 11,562living graduates; 87.9% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in New York, NY
- 93,604living registrants
Of the 93,604 living registrants with an office in New York, NY, 78,318 were admitted before 2022 and 12,431 after.
Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; living registrants only.
Questions this record leads to
- Everyone who lists A&O Shearman586 on the register, 430 of the others admitted before 2022; 350 of the 586 give an office in New York, NY.
- Georgetown University Law Center graduates on the register11,562 living, 87.9% registered.
- Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
- New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
- Admitted in 20227,736 people admitted in 2022 are on the register, 2,175 of them through the First Department.
- Every registration that reads “Due to re‑register”47,986 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
- What a New York lawyer may chargeThe court rules on fees, retainers and fee disputes, each cited.
How to confirm it officially
For a statement of Joseph Matthew Kerwin’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, First Department, which admitted Joseph Matthew Kerwin in 2022. A complaint about this attorney would go to the First Department’s grievance committee, which covers New York County, where the register places the office.
This page reads the register file of Sep 29, 2026, and the court system’s own search can be newer; the register shows only the current value, so a suspension that ended before the files we hold, or a censure, leaves no trace here (Appellate Division decisions are published through the court system’s Law Reporting Bureau).